Dr David Starkey

The UK’s leading constitutional historian, known for his forthright views, talks about York and its unique place in English history. Dr David Starkey provides a riveting insight into how York came to be one of the most important cities in England.

Dr David Starkey is a Cambridge-educated grammar school boy who became a respected LSE lecturer, a uniquely abrasive debater on BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze, a controversial contributor to Question Time, and the creator and presenter of many very popular historical TV series on subjects including Henry VIII , Elizabeth 1st, the Monarchy, the Churchills, and more recently Music and Monarchy.

There are few more stimulating thinkers at work in the UK today, and few who understand better the way the most powerful have thought and behaved throughout our history.